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windowsmediaplayer.exe

Windows Media Player

Download Manager

This is part of the Air Installer, a download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application windowsmediaplayer.exe, “Windows Media Player ” by Download Manager has been detected as adware by 33 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.

File name:

Publisher:

Download Manager (signed by Download Manager)

Product:

Windows Media Player

Description:

Windows Media Player

Version:

2.0.4.68

MD5:

58594ec1c11debc171b38d7f652709c4

SHA-1:

338a8891a5fc7dca0e60581bf2cee2674e6832ca

SHA-256:

3246dfdae6b1bab58231bc6f26d54da25a9ce1a0638c6cc5321ae13fd2c9cd05

Scanner detections:

33 / 68

Status:

Adware

Description:

This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:

4/25/2024 6:57:37 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.4

511

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.AirAdInstaller

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller

2015.04.22

Avira AntiVirus

Adware/AgentCV.A.3144

7.11.143.120

avast!

Win32:Installer-L [PUP]

2014.9-150911

AVG

Adware Generic_r

2016.0.2989

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.4

1.0.20.1270

Bkav FE

W32.HfsAdware

1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-26

0.98/20543

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.A

17497

Dr.Web

Trojan.SMSSend.4722

9.0.1.0254

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller

8.15.09.11.05

ESET NOD32

Win32/AirAdInstaller (variant)

9.9190

F-Prot

W32/A-8c0ea402

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

11.2015-11-09_6

G Data

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller

15.9.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of adobe-reader.exe (Adware)

2015.11.6.6

IKARUS anti.virus

PUA.AirAdInstaller

t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus

Adware

13.174.10623

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller

14.0.0.1441

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AirInstaller

v2015.09.11.05

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.4

16.0.0.762

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.cwgpbr

0.28.0.59288

Norman

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.4

11.20150911

nProtect

Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.861624

15.04.20.01

Quick Heal

Adware.AirAdInstaller.I3

9.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.DownloadManager.Bundler (M)

15.9.11.17

Rising Antivirus

PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C

23.00.65.15909

Sophos

AirInstaller

4.96

Total Defense

Win32/AirInstaller.QUUAcd

37.1.62.1

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.AirAdInstaller

3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus

AirInstaller

24734

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.99

2.0.0.2146

File size:

817.9 KB (837,560 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.4.68

Original file name:

setup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\windowsmediaplayer.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Download Manager

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

6/7/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:

6/8/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Download Manager, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Manager, L=Vancouver, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

428E8B7C1AC548D083F4D3A0C5FDAF4C

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

12/11/2013 4:12:51 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:zRBz/DWOVOVbzUKMiC0fAPPh5vovrC64k4uRGK:zRBz/qBUKMiX01ovrC6cG

Entry address:

0x25E680

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, C0, 59, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 50, E6, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89... 
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Entropy:

7.8779

Packer / compiler:

UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:

780 KB (798,720 bytes)

The file windowsmediaplayer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files.downloadd.org/get/click/ntm8p09r/?d=http://downloadd.org/.../windowsmediaplayer.exe&n=Windows Media Player&key=c0cea5c3478289948f10054baee194d67d14c9b175e2fe01a525299baf687217&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://downloadd.org/.../windowsmediaplayer.png&sid=windowsmediaplayer3&filename=WindowsMediaPlayer

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